Improvement in ties for metallic bands or hoops used in baling cotton



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BRODIE, OF PLUM BAYOU, ARKANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TIES FOR METALLIC BANDS OR HOOPS USED IN BALING COTTON.

, Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,925, dated July11, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRoDiE, of Plum Bayou, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Tie forthe Metallic Bands or Hoops used in Baling Cotton; and I do herebydeclare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing making part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l represents a plan of the tie.Fig. 2 represents an edge view or section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 areperspective views, showing the bands in different positions.

The new tie now invented by me has a general resemblance to that forwhich I obtained a patent March 22, 1859, and which was numbered 23,291,and is an improvement thereupon. It will be more fully understood byreference to the accompanying drawing.

. The bars from which the ties are to be formed are rolled throughout ofthe shape represented by Fig. 2 as a cross-section, having-ribs a a., asthere represented, and being made thinner at the outer edges b b. Theweb in the central portion between the beads or ribs is made a littletapering in thickness, being thinner as they approach the side whichcontains the cut or slot c. The object of all these forms will be statedpresently. These bars are then cut into portions of proper length toform the ties. The central portion l d is then cut out, leaving arounded surface next the ribs a a, and after the opening o is formed thetie is ready for use.

The object of forming the beads or ribs a a with rounded surfaces nexttheV opening d. d is to give a more gentle curved surface, around whichthe metallic bands are to be bent, as shown in Fig. 2. The web is rolledthinner on the side next the bead or rib in which the slot or opening cis to be formed, in order to graduate the strength ofthe different partsto the relative strain that is to bear upon them respectively, so as tomake the strongest practicable tie out ofa given weight of meta-l. Theouter edges b b are made thin for a like reason, and also to allow theband to be pressed more closely around the bead or rib so as to hold thetie more firmly and prevent it from turning or sliding out.

I am aware that bars from which tieswere to be inade'have been rolled sothat a cross-section should show a uniform taper from one edge to theother. To such an arrangement, therefore, I make no claim. I am alsoaware that such bars t have been rolled with beads or ribs, but havingf, the web between such beads of uniform thickj ness from side to side,and also having the outer edges'made thinner, like b b. To none of thesej devices, therefore, do Ilay claim 5 but What I do claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tie for cotton-bales and other analogous uses, having beads or ribs aa anda slot, c, in combination with intervening webs which taper towardtheside in which the said slot is constructed, in the manner and for thepurpose hereinbefore described.

GEORGE BRODIE. Witnesses J. N. CAMPBELL, EDM. F. BROWN. a

